SpaceX launches billionaire to carry out first private spacewalk

Mr Isaacman launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida before dawn on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, along with a pair of SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbirds pilot

Daredevil billionaire Jared Isaacman has rocketed back into space, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture further than anyone since Nasa’s Apollo Moon missions. Picture: John Raoux/AP

A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into space on Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture further than anyone since Nasa’s Apollo Moon missions.

Unlike his previous chartered flight, this time tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is sharing the cost with SpaceX, including the development and testing of new spacesuits to see how they perform in the harsh vacuum.